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Welcome to my channel, Tamil Trekker. I am 
in Kampala, Uganda.

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It is time to leave. I have been here for 
the past 10 to 12 days.

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I am still here in the Tamilian friend's 
house.

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Now, I am leaving to Jinja a very important 
place in Africa.

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It is 76 kms from here and will take 2 hours 
to reach.

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If traffic is hectic then it may taken longer 
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From here I need to travel 5kms to the stop. 
I have booked a taxi in safeboda app.

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It costs around 3000 shillings for 5kms.

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I will put the exchange amount below. UGX 
means uganda shillings

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and INR is Indian rupees. By seeing this 
you will know. Now let's go.

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I have packed the bags already. My friends 
have left for work. I will call, inform them 
and leave.

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We'll leave then.

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Safety issues are a high concern here.

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Even having mobile or camera in your hand 
while walking on road isn't safe.

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People will grab it from you and run. You 
can't chase them in the heavy traffic.

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I am showing whatever I can film here.

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That's why you see less clips of me in public. 
I need to keep the camera safe.

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That is the reason.

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I am in the vehicle that is heading to Jinja. 
I didn't get the ticket yet.

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I will get the ticket and tell you how much 
it costs.

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Finally, i have come to Jinja. He is my couchsurfing 
host here.

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Now I am going to the place called source 
of nile.

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That is where we are going. Now only I came 
here. It costs 2000 shillings to travel from 
the city.

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We'll go and see whether entry fees are there 
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There are a lot of stories about this place. 
I will tell you once I go inside.

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For locals, it is 5000 shillings. For foreigners, 
it is 30000 shillings.

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The nile starts from here and flows in central 
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uganda, sudan and goes to egypt. It is vast.

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I will show you when I get inside.

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Here is mahatma gandhi statue

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They have dissolved his ashes in the nile

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In the year 1948, ashes given by the prime 
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and they have dissolved it in the river.

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In the year 1948. That is why they have kept 
his memorial here.

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He has never come to Uganda but.

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Now I am taking the boat to go into the river. 
There are categories. Short, medium and long 
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Short trip costs 1 Lakh shillings, Medium 
trip costs 2 Lakh shillings and long trip 
costs 3 Lakh shillings.

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Short trip is for 15 mins, medium is for 
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and long trip is for 1 hour.

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Now I am taking a short trip by paying 1 
Lakh shilling. I will mention the Indian 
rupee equivalent below.

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There are a lot of people here. I am going 
along with them.

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We'll see how it is.

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They have given me life jackets and all

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Nile is one of the largest rivers in the 
world. It starts in Uganda.

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South Sudan, and reaches Egypt. It runs for 
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A place in Sudan is called as

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The Blue Nile. It is in Ethiopia. When we 
go there, we will visit that place.

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Here you can see water spring.

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This spring is the source of nile

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and lake victoria. The water just flows from 
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That is lake victoria and this side is

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river nile. This is the place of conjunction.

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Here is the spring.

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Lake victoria is

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second largest lake in the world.

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The water supply is from the spring here. 
I have already told you that lake victoria 
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It runs through Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania

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It belongs to these three countries. It is 
the major water source here.

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We are travelling in the same lake Victoria.

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We have seen Lake victoria and source of 
Nile already.

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From here I am going to my host's place to 
get freshen up. From there

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I am have gone to a orphanage he owns.

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I have also bought a icecream box when we 
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We gave it to all 53 children there.

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These children are abandoned since young 
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Some people chase the kids away and some 
children run out of their homes because of 
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This place is a shelter for all these children

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They feed them and shelter them

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They ask them whether they want to go home 
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They bring those children to this home

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They give them everything. Food, education 
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There are a lot of homes in Africa.

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That is where I went. I felt very happy to 
visit this place.

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I did a little thing by getting them icecream.

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From there again I went to the host's place.

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Yesterday I visited the home and came back.

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Now I am going to Baley, to see the waterfalls.

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That is where I am going. I haven't booked 
any place to stay. I have to go there and 
decide.

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I will go there and see. The prices online 
are very costly.

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Couchsurfing is also not available there.

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I am in Baley now. I have reached sipi falls.

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I paid 15000 shillings to taxi to get here. 
We'll take a short trip to sipi falls.

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We have immanuel with us.

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He is our guide today.

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We are also going to see a cave there. It 
has many crystals and stones itseems.

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He told he'll show me everything. It kinda 
looks rainy. We need to hurry and return.

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The time is 2 now. We have to get back by 
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Here is where I am staying. In the campsite.

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Mostly they cultivate coffee here.

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It is full of mountainous areas.

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I didn't set up my camping. I will pitch 
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It's been 10 minutes since I have started 
trekking. It is going easy as of now.

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But I am panting heavily.

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The last time I went trekking was in Himachal 
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Then I went to assam, But I didn't go trekking 
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Now I am here, trekking in Uganda.

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What I am doing is a very short trekking. 
I would come back again in 2 hours.

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Long trekking is also there.

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It would take 4 to 5 hours to reach there.

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But I chose for the shorter path now.

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Trekking is another country has a very different

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feel to it.

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This is the coffee plant.

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The houses here resemble like the one in 
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The tribal people have to climb all these 
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All these are agricultural

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lands here. You can see the waterfalls that 
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water is less there.

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If it rains, the density will become more.

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We need to pay entry fee to get inside.

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We are in that office.

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Look at it. It is completely built of mud.

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Most houses here looks like this.

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See the falls.

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We are here at the falls.

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We are very near you can see.

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Going up is the big task now.

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The height is so steep. There are three such 
waterfalls here.

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This is another one.

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There are more tall waterfalls here. This 
is the starting point. Level 3.

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There are two above.

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If you are interested you can come here. 
It is just like in Meghalaya.

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In Meghalaya, I have seen majestic waterfalls.

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So, this one doesn't excite me much.

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But it is worth the trek.

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This place is full of banana trees, coffee 
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You can see.

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In Uganda, you can see a lot of banana trees.

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They like banana very much here.

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The water flow is very less. If it rains 
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The force of the wind changes the direction 
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It moves right and left like that.

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This is a local fruit it seems.

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I will taste and see how it is.

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It is nice. Just like tomato.

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But not so sour like tomato but it is sweet.

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I like more local experience. That is why 
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A very important culture is practised in 
Uganda. It is about greeting people.

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In our place we just go to someone and talk 
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But here in Uganda

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you need to greet them first. Ask them how 
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It is followed everywhere in Uganda.

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On the second day I came here. I asked a 
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I didn't even greet that security.

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She is a lady.

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I asked her where the salon shop was.

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She got tensed and asked me to greet her 
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After greeting her she told me where it was.

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When I came home, I asked my Tamil friends 
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They told me it is a culture in Uganda.

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To greet anyone first before starting a conversation.

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They would ask you the same and then only 
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That is very important here.

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I am going to a cave next.

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To see some stones and crystals there.

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I didn't pitch my tent yet. I have to do 
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Then after sleeping I can head somewhere 
tomorrow.